ARIA'S POV: That's what I had planned to do, and that's what I was going to do. Pester him until he has no other choice but to tell me all that he knows. I walked into the kitchen and gave the bowl of apples to one of the chefs. "We have more than enough apples, my lady." She said to me,. "I know." I replied. "It was a gift." "I'm sorry my lady." She said, bowing her head. "That's okay. " I said to her leaving the kitchen for my room. My life was getting messier and much more complicated. Uncle Jeremiah and the elders all told me to forget about the diggings. Then a strange elder also told me to forget about the diggings too. Why would they all tell me to forget something unless they knew the magnitude of the thing I was searching for. All I wanted to know was about the curs

